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Excerpt from History of the Old Greyfriars'' Church Edinburgh
Old building has been compiled at the instigation of my friend and pastor, the Rev. A. B. Grant, b.d., the present incumbent. The recent discovery of an early portion of Wariston''s Diary has upset the conventional story of the subscribing of the National Covenant, and, in the circum stances, I appealed to my learned friend, Dr. Hay Fleming, the discoverer of that manuscript, to undertake the writing of a Special chapter on a subject on which he is a recognised authority. The result of. His research and study will be found under Chapter VIII., and I have to tender him my grateful thanks for all his kind labours. My thanks are also due to Mr. John Cameron Robbie, my professional assistant, for much kind assistance ungrudgingly bestowed; and, lastly, to Dr. King Hewison for his kind permission in allow ing the prints of Alexander Henderson and George Gillespie to appear. William moir bryce.
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Old building has been compiled at the instigation of my friend and pastor, the Rev. A. B. Grant, b.d., the present incumbent. The recent discovery of an early portion of Wariston''s Diary has upset the conventional story of the subscribing of the National Covenant, and, in the circum stances, I appealed to my learned friend, Dr. Hay Fleming, the discoverer of that manuscript, to undertake the writing of a Special chapter on a subject on which he is a recognised authority. The result of. His research and study will be found under Chapter VIII., and I have to tender him my grateful thanks for all his kind labours. My thanks are also due to Mr. John Cameron Robbie, my professional assistant, for much kind assistance ungrudgingly bestowed; and, lastly, to Dr. King Hewison for his kind permission in allow ing the prints of Alexander Henderson and George Gillespie to appear. William moir bryce.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - William Moir Bryce
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ISBN - 9780331818482
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 214
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